Rail-joint.



A. J. HOLMQUIST.

' RAIL JOINT.`

APPLIoATIoN FILEDMAY 1s, 190s @6%9205. Patented Nov.17,1908.

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ALBERT J. EOLMQUST, OF RCKQD, ILLNQES.

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specificaties or nea-sm resem.

Application Bled Hai/16, lf. Serial No. d-Slm.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

-B'eit'known that I, ALBERT J. Hom/tomar, a citlzen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and 6 .State ofIllinois, have inventedcertain new and useful ImprovementsinRail-Joints, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that vtype of joint means for connecting themeeting 'ends of J rails embodying a base plate upon which the rail-ends rest, and suitable securing means whereby the rails are attachedto the base plate and to the cross ties by which said base plate issupported.

The object of the .invention is to' increase sfrlilar to Fig. 2 andembodying a modification ofthe invention, and Fig. 4 is a detailggper'spective of a base plate, partially broken away. v Throughout the'following detail description and on thevseveral figures of the draw-vins similar parts are referred toby llike erence characters. Referringparticularly to the drawings `anddescribing the general construction ofthe invention, the numeral l designatesa base plate which is of asuiicient length to span 40. the space-between cross ties, the ends ofthe "plate being supported upon theties as shown 'clearl inthe drawings.The plate l is made l quite y eavy and rigid and is provided near'its'longitudinal edge portions with flanges 2, the-formation of whichprovides alongitudinal recess or seat 3 in the upper side of the plate-1 and located of course between said iianges.' The seat 3 of the plate1 is deslgned to snugly lreceive the' base portions ol.` the 5b -'ends'of the rails 4, said rails being connected lmeans ofthe ordinary anglebars. The 4portions of the angle bars 5 restfupon 'the base portions oi'the rails Il. and bolts -or similar fastenings 13 are provided toconnect the angle bars-With the rail ends in the ons.

ternary manner..` En the preferred' einhodb vertical openings @i mentAof the invention is conte 'ipiafted to use spikes or fastenings 'l'which pass through in theilanges@ ci the base plate i and enter thecross ties. Tie oo heads of the spikes 7 overlap the outer edge portionof the base of each angle bar 5 and the bodies of the spikes passthronghnotches in such edge portions. The angle bars ares so formed that theoutermost portion of the base of cach angle bar overlaps the adjacent`flange 2. The provision. of the flanges 3 is not only advantageous inallerdin seat or recess for the rail ends but these anges-arc loc-atedso that they also afford an extended 7U bearing for the spikes orfastcnings 'l passing therethrough, at the outer sides of said spikes.

The spikes are not only employed to secure the base plates l and theangle hars 5 in 75 the manner above described but auxiliary fastenings 9are en'xployed, the lutter also being spikes passing through openings 9leading through the base plate l troni the re# cess 3. The spikes 9cooperate to securely 80 fasten the base plates 1 tothe cross ties andsaid spikes pass throughnotches in the outer edges of the base iortionsof the rail ends.

.The spikes 9 theretore perform a dual function, so to speak, rigidlyconnecting the base S5 plate l. with the ties securingthe rail ends ofthe base plate, and the sanne time pre venting any longitudinal movementof the rail ends .in the plate 3. y rlhe heads of the spikes 9 arepreferably received in suitable 90 recesses 10 formed in. the innersides of the base portions of the angle bars 5. The spikes 9 areconsequently practically housed by the arrangement ofthe angle barsVorfpla'tes 5 located above the saine. The enterA sides of 95, theopenings through which the spikes 9 pass are substantially in line withthe inner sides of the iang'es Zand hence the 'iangcs 2 4orn a irinbearing for the outer sides of the `spikes in driving the saine as wellas after l0@ the said fasteningshavo been properly engaged with the baseportions of the rail ends in the manner above described. A

A modiiication of 'the invention is presented in Fig. 3 in Whicn thestructure is 105' substantially the saine as in Figs. l and 2 ein ceptthat the auxiliary instellinge 7h consist of spikes cooperating Willithe rail ends, the

Aangle bars, and the'ba'sc plete, in snbstanas the spikes 'l' need in110 l and 2 coact with to'. .in the tially the sanie- Wa the striictnresin structure illustratedin Fig. 3 it is not necessary to change theconstruction of the ordi- Y nary angle ,bars or rails because the anglebars are provided with the necessary notches, i

fitted and held together there is no likelihood of rounding of the railsand consequent vibration and rattling incidental to the looseness of theconnected parts and the passage of the wheels of thev rolling stock overthe rails at the point of junction.

Having thus descrinedthe invention, what is 1claimed as new, is:

In a rail joint, the combination of cross ties, a base plate supportedthereon and formed with longitudinal edge flanges projecting upwardlytherefrom providing a longitudinal seat therebetween, rail ends hav-@sesos ing the base portions thereof lsnugly received in the seat of thebase plate, angle bars at opposite-sides of the rail ends, fasteningspassing through the angle bars and railends securing the same together,the base portions of the `angle bars resting upon the' base portions ,ofthe rail ends and overlapping the longitudinal 'Hanges of'the base.plate, said rail ends being foi-ined with notches in the v edge portionsthereof, spikes engaging in the notc es inthe base portions of the railends and passing through the base plate, portions of the angle barshaving recesses receiving lthe heads of said spikes, and other spikespassing through the flanges of the base plate and engaging over the basepor.

